Vallejo Ferry Terminal Reconfiguration -Project UpdateMay 28, 2024
AGENDA•Proposed Ferry Terminal Layout Configurations•Existing Ferry Terminal –Setting•Proposed Project and Configuration Options –Site plan•Outreach•Existing Ferry Terminal –Components to be removed•Proposed Project –Staging and in-water work areas•Environmental Review -process overview•Environmental Analysis -overview•Project Schedule
Existing Vallejo Ferry Terminal
Vallejo Ferry Terminal –Existing Setting
Proposed Ferry Terminal Layout Configurations
Project Site Plan –Preferred Configuration
New Gangway/ Fixed Pier and supportsNew Float
Preferred Configuration-extends the existing ferry terminal further offshore and adds extra length to the passenger access gangway leading to the terminal Project Site Plan –Configuration Option 1
Configuration Option 1 -relocates the existing ferry terminal outside of the basin, with an access point at the southwest corner of the basin
Project Site Plan –Configuration Option 2
Configuration Option 2 -relocates the existingferry terminal outside of the basin with anaccess point at the northwest corner of the basin Outreach•Configurations were presented to public to receive feedback•In-person community engagement (Sep & Oct 2023)ØVallejo Ferry TerminalØVallejo Farmers Market•Digital community Engagement (Sep & Oct 2023)ØVallejo WeeklyØWETA NewsletterØSocial MediaØWETA Website•Majority support for configuration that relocates existing terminal further offshore•AB-52ØYocha DeheWintun Nation Consultation
Existing Ferry Terminal –Components to be removed
Project –Staging and In-water work areas
Environmental Review•WETA is the lead agency under CEQAØCEQA -Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) •The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is the lead agency under NEPAØNEPA –Categorical Exclusion (CE) or Environmental Assessment (EA) •The environmental review focuses on the following topics:ØAesthetics, circulation, historic resources, hydrology, air quality/GHG, noise, biological resources, land use and planning•Publication of the IS/MND provides additional opportunity for public and agency comment
Environmental AnalysisAestheticsAgricultural ResourcesAir QualityXBiological ResourcesXCultural ResourcesEnergyXGeology/SoilsGreenhouse Gas EmissionsHazards & Hazardous MaterialsHydrology/Water QualityLand Use/Planning Mineral Resources XNoisePopulation/Housing Public ServicesRecreationXTransportation/TrafficXTribal Cultural ResourcesUtilities/Service SystemsWildfireXMandatory Findings of SignificanceX -Potentially affected by this project, involving impacts identified as "Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated"
Schedule•Environmental Review (Initial Study Release): May 2024•Notice of Intent (NOI) available on –weta.sanfranciscobayferry.com/current-projects/vallejo-ferry-terminal-reconfiguration-project•Public Review Period: 30days after release in May•Final Initial Study (incorporating comments): June/July 2024•NEPA & Permitting: Fall 2024•Dredging: Year 2025•Construction: Year 2026ØIn-water work window: Aug 1-Nov 30
U P DATE - P U BLIC SAFETY
STAFFIN G EMERGEN CY
Ja so n Ta , In te rim Ch ie f o f Po lice
May 28, 2024
1 STATUS OF PHASES
• Pa rtia lly Im p le m e n te d
• Ala rm Ord in a n ce – movi ng forward based on
d ire ctio n fro m Co u n cil
• “Co n d itio n Blu e ” b e in g co n sid e re d
– I f the number of C F S pendi ng reaches a pre -determi ned number, offi cers wi l l onl y respond to pri ori ty 1 and hi gh- le ve l p rio rity 2 ca lls • High e st Ca lls fo r Se rvice (CFS)
Phase #1 S ervi ce Model R educti on
2 - A l arm acti vati on - Me n ta l d istre ss
- S uspi ci ous persons/vehi cl es - T respassing
- Traffic-rel ated offenses
Phase #2 R otation of Officers to Patrol S hifts
• Co m p le te d
Ph a se #3 Colla psin g Tra ffic & De t e ct ive Division s • Tra ffic Divisio n co lla p se d (Ju ly 2023)
Ph a se #4 Modifyin g Pa t rol Sh ift s t o 12 -hours or A nother S taffi ng Model
• Due to recent staffi ng trends, Phase #4 does not
appear to be needed
3 • V POA has an executed MOU
– Wo rkin g o n sta ffin g m o d e ls a n d p o ssib ilitie s – First meeting with the Sheriff’ s Office was on
December 4 th
– Met with Sheriff on February 5 th
– C ounty C ounsel was provi ded data requested
(A pril 12, 2024)
Outside A ssistance
4 CURRENT STAFFING NUMBERS
T otal Sworn Staffing 74 73
Mo d ifie d Du ty Office rs 2 2
Off on W orker’ s C omp. 7 6
S worn W orki ng F ul l Duty 65 65
An ticip a te d Office rs Re sign in g 0 0
Officers Starting /Final Offers 0 0
5 Officers Working Patrol 36 34
Supervisors Working Patrol (Sgts) 5 5
5-14 -24 C urrent
P REVIO US STAFFIN G N UMBERS
6 8/29/2023 to 5/14/2024
8/29/23 9/12/23 10/10/23 11/14/23 12/19/23 1/9/24 2/13/24 3/12/24 04/09/24 5/14/24
Total Sworn Staffing 76 77 75 75 72 72 73 71 72 74
Modified Duty Officers 4 4 2 2 1 2 4 3 3 2
Off on Worker’s Comp. 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 7 7
Sworn Working Full Duty 63 66 64 64 61 60 60 59 63 65
Officers Working Patrol 32 35 34 35 32 32 34 36 36
Sergeants Working Patrol 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
RECRUITMEN T & RETEN TIO N
(S tephanie S ifuentes, H R D irector)
Police Office r Applica t ion s
7 Look Back Period
May 13th
to
May 24th
Police Officer Backgrounds Since 7/13/2023
8 • 6 Office rs cu rre n tly in p o lice a ca d e m ie s – 2 will gra d u a te in Ju ly 2024
– 3 wi l l graduate i n S eptember 2024
– 1 will gra d u a te i n October 2024
Police Academ y
9 R ecrui tment E fforts
• WSTB Phys ica l Agility Sche dule d for 6/1, 6/6
• PELLETB Writte n Exa m Sc he dule d for 6/6
• Oral Panel I nterv i ews Scheduled f or 6/5
• A ttended Career F ai rs and R ecrui ti ng E v ents:
• South Ba y Re giona l Public Sa fe ty T ra ining Cons ortium 5/18 • B ay A rea B utterf ly F esti v al on M are I sland 5/19 • Upcoming Events:
• W est Contra Costa Career F ai r 5/29
• Downtown V allejo Car Show 6/1
• Solano County Fair 6/15
CO N TACT(S)
Ja so n Ta , In te rim Ch ie f o f Po lice
10 Broadway Project
Measure P Funding
Request
Gillian Haen, Assistant City
Manager
May 28, 2024
Agenda
• Overview of the project
• Project History
• Timeline
• Budget
• Current request
• Next steps
Broadway Project
• 47 Permanent Supportive
Housing Units (studios)
• 1 manager unit
• Community room
• Courtyard
• On-site wrap around services
Project History
• May 2022 – awarded Homekey
Grant
• June 2022 – Council accepted
grant and amended budget
• Construction started September
2022
• September 2024 – Anticipated
construction completion
• December 2024 – Anticipated
TCO
– Move in process through
coordinated entry system
Total Project Cost
Total Project Cost
Overall Project Budget $ 23,267,194.00
Delays Incurred to date $ 830,949.00
Project Delays & Added Costs* $ 2,545,733.00
$ 26,643,876.00
• $6.15M gap – requesting $4.25M today
• HUD grant
• Funding partner (January 2024)
Broadway Funding
Funding Source Amount
State of CA Homekey $11,621,866
City of Vallejo American Rescue Plan (ARPA) $390,000
Solano County American Rescue Plan (ARPA) $3,000,000
Infill Infrastructure Grant Program $2,559,656
Wells Grago Grant $90,000
LMIHAF Loan $3,300,000
TOTAL $20,961,522
Project Status
• Site currently under construction
70% completed
• Ownership – Firm Foundation
currently owns site (through
construction)
• City of Vallejo – will own project
once construction is completed
• Construction funding gap
• Council closed session
discussions in February and
March 2024
• Measure P committee in April
and May 2024
• Council intent to amend budget
May 14, 2024
Recommended Funding Plan
Funding
$1,300,000 Measure P Measure P Committee
Allocation (for liens)
$1,100,000 ARPA Previously allocated to
“Sac St Apartments”
$900,000 ARPA Previously allocated to
“School Property
Maintenance”
$1,270,335 ARPA ARPA scrub from April
2024
$1,579,665 Measure P* Loan to the project & to
be paid back to the
original source at point
of sale of project
* Staff recommends loan from Measure P to retain the GSO Guidelines from the General Fund reserves with recommend 15% reserve
Next Steps:
• Return to Council 6/11/24
– Measure P funding loan and
affordable housing/transfer
agreement
– Information for an audit of
Broadway Project
• Staff seeks direction to actively
pursue sale of Broadway Project
to a owner/operator to
implement project & program
long term
Recommendation:
1. Adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of Vallejo: (1) Amending Resolution NO. 22-213 N.C.
to reallocate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
funds in the amount of $900,000 previously
allocated toward property maintenance relating to
properties the City is no longer acquiring and
$1,100,000 from the Sacramento Street Project
reallocating said amounts toward the Broadway
Project; and (2) amending the resolution 24-047 and
allocating unspent ARPA funds in the amount of
$1,270,335 toward the Broadway Project; and (3)
amending the budget to recognize (a) $3,270,335 in
(ARPA) funding; (b) $3,050,000 in Measure P
funding and appropriating funds for construction of
the Broadway Project (step 2 of 2 step process);
• Provide direction to Staff to return with a Measure P funding loan and Affordable Housing/Transfer
Agreement, as well as Audit information for the
Broadway Project, on June 11, 2024.
CONTACT(S)
Gillian Haen, Assistant City
Manager
[email protected]
Farragut School
Lease with Option to Buy
Gillian Haen
Assistant City Manager
May 28, 2024
Background – 301 Farragut
• VCUSD issued an RFP for disposition of 301 Farragut
(APN 0055-044-170) in December 2021
• School leased for 1 school year
• 5.2 acres improved with permanent and modular
buildings previously used as elementary school
Property appraised at $3M is 2021; $2.08M in 2023
based on redevelopment potential for housing
• No major environmental issues issues identified during due diligence
Proposed Transaction and Uses
• Lease with the option to purchase
• 15-year lease term at $11,000 per month (to be
terminated with a 30-day notice)
• Potential uses: operations, programs, and activities, city offices for the water department/other
departments or other city governmental uses
• Up to $100,000 in rent to be funded through ARPA set
aside for School Facilities until long term use
identified
• Proximity to City operations is positive
• Flexibility of use at the site is positive
• Price without interest is also positive
Next Steps
If approved,
• The City engage in $11,000 per month lease
• Staff conduct due diligence to identify long term uses and associated funding sources
• Staff to conduct input gathering
• Bring future findings to Council for their consideration Recommendation
Adopt a resolution of the Vallejo City Council authorizing the City Manager to execute the lease with option with
the Vallejo Unified School District at 301 Farragut Street in Vallejo, CA
1 Angelina Joya
From: Dawn Abrahamson
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2024 1:24 PM
To: Angelina Joya
Subject: Fwd: Re: Farragut School, May 28 Council Mtg -- yes to offices, no to heavy equipment Please place in public binders and in Revver with agenda packet for 5/28. ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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Date: May 23, 2024 1:31 PM
Subject: Re: Farragut School, May 28 Council Mtg -- yes to offices, no to heavy equipment To: Anne Carr <[email protected]>
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As a former resident who lived at 415 Farragut Ave, Vallejo, CA 94590 for five years from 2018 to 2023 and experienced the 18 month Sacramento Street Bridge replacement project literally in my backyard, I can truly say to the new City Manager and City staff that putting heavy equipment on that school location is the most assinie idea ever imagined. And that's saying a lot based on the nine years I lived in Vallejo and watched the ORCEM debacle among other issues.
Does the Public Works staff not notify the other departments about the ground issues discovered during that construction project that clearly revealed ground slippage along the sidewalk of the school? They were aware prior to the start of the construction project in 2021.
The potential liability to the City and property owners along that street of damage from heavy equipment driving and crushing the street underneath is clearly a reason to not make another stupid property acquisition decision.
Then add in the homeless encampments that are not only taking over the railroad tracks, the empty city lot next to the former school, and in the backyard of my former residence at 419/415 Farragut Ave and you are creating a opportunity for equipment theft the City can clearly not afford.
The construction crews has major problems with generators and other equipment being stolen frequently during the bridge replacement project and the police and City did nothing to prevent or prohibit the continuous theft and told the contractor "to hire security guards" at their own expense.
Is the City planning on having a team of Security Guards to patrol and defend the heavy equipment from being stolen?! Because the City was and still is absolutely ineffective in resolving the homeless/drug addicts/drug dealers/prostitutes issues in that location that made me have to leave the home I loved. 2 But go ahead and make another idiot decision. It's seems to be expected with the City management and staff.
City Council members you all need to go walk that sidewalk and see the cracks for yourself and see if you don't trip. Then imagine what more damage will occur and own your decision to ruin that street.
Thia Markson
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On Thu, May 23, 2024, 11:01 AM Anne Carr <[email protected]> wrote:
To the new City Manager, Andrew Murray, welcome.
And to the Mayor, City Council members, Ms Haen & Ms Schoenberger.
Greetings everyone,
Now that we have a new City Manager, I hope we can start working our way towards more effective and appropriate City decisions.
I'm writing today about the lease with option to buy Farragut School, item 9c on the Tuesday, May 28, 2024 City Council agenda.
In earlier City discussions about this property, Ms Haen had floated the idea of using it for Vallejo's heavy industrial equipment. Given that Farragut was a neighborhood school, it is sited in a residential neighborhood. An industrial use here is completely out of character with the neighborhood. It's worth noting, too, that one of the cutest neighborhoods in all of Vallejo is the St Francis Park development, sited right next to Farragut School. Homes in this tract have the so-called Storybook architecture of custom and historic revival architecture, vintage details, and back in the day, impeccably manicured small yards. Like all of Vallejo, St Francis doesn't shine as bright now, but it's still worth preserving. It probably qualifies as a historic neighborhood.
In the staff report it now talks about maybe using the Farragut campus to house the City's water department. It's not clear if that would entail heavy equipment. If you're just looking to site City offices, that could work in this residential setting.
However, if heavy industrial equipment is involved, it would violate the character of the neighborhood. Also, the umpty- ump acres of *industrially-zoned* locations is 1-mile away on Mare Island. 157 acres on North Mare Island, and how many acres and built-out offices on South Mare Island?
While it was supremely poor planning on the City's part to not carve out part of Mare Island for the Corp Yard, Vallejo Heights should not have to pay for that blunder. As a side note, it would be refreshing if the City respected its own Zoning Code. Ms Haen, in particular, has been known to say that if the City owns it, they can zone it however they like, which is not only cavalier, but also short-sighted. It's how we ended up converting the nicest Class A office space in the City into tax-exempt Public Use, even though it is on the waterfront, with a water view and walkable to the ferry. So instead of jobs and revenue, which is why that location was built, we endured unrealistic and expensive proposals to try to retrofit the building for police use. It's not a suitable location for a police headquarters, and the building is not suited for police use. As a side note, Haen has also said we can't use the historic Herbert House for a Bed and Breakfast or cafe because of it being zoned as Public Use. So essentially, is zoning what she says it is?
So here's a creative idea: why not work a deal with the Mare Island Company, and swap 400 Mare Island Way for a suitable location on Mare Island for Vallejo's heavy equipment needs. Yes, you'd need to un-encumber 400 Mare Island Way, but that should be done anyway. Truly we should sell the building, as the private sector is more likely to market it correctly. We have to get out of the mode of passive "marketing" in Vallejo where we just wait for whatever the tide brings us.
In short, for the Farragut campus, yes for office use, no for heavy equipment. And if you've never visited the St Francis neighborhood, you should swing by. Imagine if we treasured our historic neighborhoods like they do in Benicia, Napa, Petaluma, Sonoma...Imagine what that could do for our tax base and business development!
Best regards,
3 Anne Carr
St Francis Park Gallery:
https://www.vallejohistorichomes.com/vallejo-historic-maps/st-francis-park-gallery/
Staff report:
https://vallejoca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/2766/files/report/4942
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From: Dawn Abrahamson
To: Angelina Joya
Subject: Fwd: Farragut School, May 28 Council Mtg -- yes to offices, no to heavy equipment Date: Thursday, May 23, 2024 2:27:10 PM
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From: Anne Carr <[email protected]>
Date: May 23, 2024 12:01 PM
Subject: Farragut School, May 28 Council Mtg -- yes to offices, no to heavy equipment To: Andrew Murray <[email protected]>,Gillian Haen <[email protected]>,"Robert H. McConnell"
<[email protected]>,Charles Palmares
<[email protected]>,JR Matulac <[email protected]>,Tina Arriola <[email protected]>,Peter Bregenzer <[email protected]>,Mina Loera-Diaz <Mina.Loera- [email protected]>,Dawn Abrahamson <[email protected]>,Beth Schoenberger <[email protected]>,Rozzana Verder-Aliga <[email protected]>
Cc:
To the new City Manager, Andrew Murray, welcome.
And to the Mayor, City Council members, Ms Haen & Ms Schoenberger.
Greetings everyone,
Now that we have a new City Manager, I hope we can start working our way towards more effective and appropriate City decisions.
I'm writing today about the lease with option to buy Farragut School, item 9c on the Tuesday, May 28, 2024 City Council agenda.
In earlier City discussions about this property, Ms Haen had floated the idea of using it for Vallejo's heavy industrial equipment. Given that Farragut was a neighborhood school, it is sited in a residential neighborhood. An industrial use here is completely out of character with the neighborhood. It's worth noting, too, that one of the cutest neighborhoods in all of Vallejo is the St Francis Park development, sited right next to Farragut School. Homes in this tract have the so-called Storybook architecture of custom and historic revival architecture, vintage details, and back in the day, impeccably manicured small yards. Like all of Vallejo, St Francis doesn't shine as bright now, but it's still worth preserving. It probably qualifies as a historic neighborhood.
In the staff report it now talks about maybe using the Farragut campus to house the City's water department. It's not clear if that would entail heavy equipment. If you're just looking to site City offices, that could work in this residential setting.
However, if heavy industrial equipment is involved, it would violate the character of the neighborhood.
Also, the umpty-ump acres of *industrially-zoned* locations is 1-mile away on Mare Island. 157 acres on North Mare Island, and how many acres and built-out offices on South Mare Island? While it was supremely poor planning on the City's part to not carve out part of Mare Island for the Corp Yard, Vallejo Heights should not have to pay for that blunder. As a side note, it would be refreshing if the City respected its own Zoning Code. Ms Haen, in particular, has been known to say that if the City owns it, they can zone it however they like, which is not only cavalier, but also short-sighted. It's how we ended up converting the nicest Class A office space in the City into tax-exempt Public Use, even though it is on the waterfront, with a water view and walkable to the ferry. So instead of jobs and revenue, which is why that location was built, we endured unrealistic and expensive proposals to try to retrofit the building for police use. It's not a suitable location for a police headquarters, and the building is not suited for police use. As a side note, Haen has also said we can't use the historic Herbert House for a Bed and Breakfast or cafe because of it being zoned as Public Use. So essentially, is zoning what she says it is? So here's a creative idea: why not work a deal with the Mare Island Company, and swap 400 Mare Island Way for a suitable location on Mare Island for Vallejo's heavy equipment needs. Yes, you'd need to un- encumber 400 Mare Island Way, but that should be done anyway. Truly we should sell the building, as the private sector is more likely to market it correctly. We have to get out of the mode of passive "marketing" in Vallejo where we just wait for whatever the tide brings us.
In short, for the Farragut campus, yes for office use, no for heavy equipment. And if you've never visited the St Francis neighborhood, you should swing by. Imagine if we treasured our historic neighborhoods like they do in Benicia, Napa, Petaluma, Sonoma...Imagine what that could do for our tax base and business development!
Best regards,
Anne Carr
St Francis Park Gallery:
https://www.vallejohistorichomes.com/vallejo-historic-maps/st-francis-park-gallery/ Staff report:
https://vallejoca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/2766/files/report/4942